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  Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 Oil prospects from frontier basins in West Africa could unlock reserves in excess of 30 million barrels, Savannah Petroleum announced Friday. The British company, focused on West Africa, said Friday it completed its third well in a drilling campaign in Niger. Drilling in the well, dubbed Kunama-1, was aimed at assessing the potential oil payout from the landlocked country. Savannah said it estimated the unrisked recoverable reserves at the Kunama prospect at 35 million barrels. Final res ... read more |
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API: Big investments needed in U.S. energy infrastructureWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 Energy infrastructure that can keep pace with growing oil and gas production trends is an essential U.S. need, an American Petroleum Institute director said. ... more 
OPEC, non-cartel agree to share increased oil productionWashington DC (UPI) Jun 25, 2018 OPEC nations and other countries outside the cartel agreed Saturday to share increased oil production in a move that is seen as stabilizing global energy prices. ... more 
Trillions of dollars in investments needed in oil, OPEC saysWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 Given the pace of global economic development, oil demand is strong, but major investments are needed to keep up, the president of OPEC said Friday. ... more 
Mongolia builds first refinery to ease Russian fuel dependenceUlaanbaatar (AFP) June 22, 2018 Mongolia broke ground on Friday for the construction of the country's first oil refinery with the help of a $1 billion loan from India to ease its dependence on Russian fuel. ... more |
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Signs of OPEC consensus on output pushing oil prices lower Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 Crude oil prices moved deep into negative territory in early Thursday trading amid expectations of a consensus agreement from OPEC on future production. ... more 
US leaks 60 percent more methane than government says: studyTampa (AFP) June 21, 2018 The US oil and gas industry leaks 60 percent more methane than official government estimates, a report said Thursday, warning of this potent greenhouse gas's effect on the environment. ... more 
Oil depots in Libya recapturedWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 As the U.S. government weighs in on conflict in the OPEC member, military forces in Libya regained control over key oil installations, reports read Thursday. ... more 
Norway's oil and gas production could be decliningWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 Beyond 2025, oil and gas production from offshore Norway will need to come from undiscovered resources if the trend line is to remain steady, a report said. ... more 
Iran: Less politics will help stabilize oil marketsWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 The political element of the oil market needs to be diminished in favor of market fundamentals, the Iranian oil minister said at OPEC's conference in Vienna. ... more |
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Colorado sees bottlenecks crimping oil productionWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 Pipeline limitations near the U.S. inland storage hub in Cushing, Okla., create headwinds for growth in Colorado oil production, a state report found. ... more  |
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Brazil opens door to oil production advancesWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 New policies enacted by Brazilian energy regulators facilitate construction of the production infrastructure needed to crack into offshore oil, a report found. ... more 
U.S. economy less exposed to oil price shocksWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 The price of oil is vulnerable to spikes from geopolitical events, though the U.S. economy seems only modestly at risk, an economist at the Dallas Fed said. ... more
Wood Mac: Expect moderate action from OPECWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 Expect some sort of Goldilocks scenario from OPEC on future supplies, though talks under way in Vienna are increasingly contentious, a consultant group said. ... more 
Trump erases Obama-era offshore rulesWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 Executive action from the U.S. president eases offshore energy planning burdens, an industry group said, though critics said it was a war on oceans. ... more 
South Sudan foes set to meet after two yearsAddis Ababa (AFP) June 20, 2018 The two figures at the centre of the civil war that has ravaged South Sudan are scheduled to meet on Wednesday for the first time in nearly two years. ... more |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 
QUT PhD researcher Ashrafur Rahman tested each of the waste oils for performance and emissions as a 10 per cent oil/90per cent diesel blend in a 6-cylinder, 5.9l diesel engine.
"As only therapeutic grade oil can be used, there is a substantial volume of low-value waste oil that currently is stored, awaiting a use," Mr Rahman said.
"Our tests found essential oil blends produced almost ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 
Kyocera has registered with the Sustainable open Innovation Initiative (SII) as a resource aggregator*1 for a new program to help control energy resources among Japanese consumers. This latest test project runs until February 2019, plans to expand the coverage area to Tohoku and Hokkaido and is designed to test the flexible response to changing energy supply and demand.
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 19, 2018 
The completion of studies for the offshore wind energy potential in India expands the sector in a greening economy, the government said Tuesday.
Norwegian energy advisory group DNV GL announced Tuesday it completed a study, co-funded by the European Union and an offshore wind energy group in India, examining the offshore wind energy potential for two coastal states.
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 Chernobyl, Ukraine (AFP) June 25, 2018 
The restricted zone around Chernobyl is eerily quiet but one building near the scene of the world's worst nuclear disaster is full of barking and whining.
The long, one-storey structure once served as a makeshift medical centre for workers from the plant to receive assistance after the 1986 disaster.
Today it is a hospital for the stray dogs that remain in the 30-kilometre (19-mile) ex ... more |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 
As humans continue to pump the atmosphere with carbon, it's crucial for scientists to understand how and where the planet absorbs and naturally emits carbon.
A recent study in the journal Nature Geosciences examined the global carbon cycle and suggests that existing studies may have misgauged how carbon is distributed around the world, particularly between the northern and southern hemisph ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 
One of the leading challenges for autonomous vehicles is to ensure that they can detect and sense objects - even through dense fog. Compared to the current visible light-based cameras, infrared cameras can offer much better visibility through the fog, smoke or tiny particles that can scatter the visible light.
Within the air, infrared light - within a specific range called mid-wave infrare ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) June 22, 2018  During the Islamic State group's rule in Mosul, radio stations were banned and replaced with broadcasts of jihadist propaganda. Today, young Iraqis are filling the city's airwaves.
One budding presenter is Nour Tai, who at 16 years old faces the microphone with a confident tone and a professional style.
She hosts a weekly programme on One FM, a Mosul station launched in February that bro ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) June 21, 2018 
Japan has halted evacuation drills simulating a North Korean missile attack in the wake of historic talks between Washington and Pyongyang, local media reported Thursday.
Government officials did not immediately confirm the reports, but authorities in one town told AFP they were suspending a drill planned for next week on orders from Tokyo.
The decision comes after US President Donald Tr ... more |
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 Santo Domingo (AFP) June 20, 2018 
The Dominican Republic appointed its first ambassador to China on Tuesday, after switching diplomatic ties from Taiwan in April.
The envoy is Briunny Garabito Segura, who has previously served as ambassador to Colombia and Canada.
Until April, the Dominican Republic was among just a handful of countries that recognized Taiwan.
China and Taiwan have been ruled separately since 1949 b ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) June 22, 2018  "It's an environmental disaster," said Magloir-Desire Mounganga as he strode across the soggy, spongy soil where mangroves have been ripped up for development near the Gabonese capital Libreville, threatening its fragile ecosystem.
"Here the mangrove trees have been completely razed, you can even see the marks left by the bulldozer," said Mounganga, an expert from Gabon's National Agency fo ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 19, 2018 
The Department of Defense announced it has awarded a contract to MACRO Industries for hardware in support of the V-22 aircraft.
The contract award, from Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division and announced on Monday, is valued at more than $20.4 million under the terms of a fixed-price indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. The deal enables MACRO Industries to provide 20 ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 20, 2018 
Indignant US lawmakers on Wednesday grilled Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on President Donald Trump's multi-front trade offensive, saying it risked spiraling out of control and damaging the American economy.
Pleading for an assortment of interests - from nail manufacturers in Missouri to cherry growers in Washington state - senators told Ross US trade policies are alienating allies and je ... more |
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 Rotterdam, Netherlands (AFP) June 21, 2018  The United States will continue to show its commitment to NATO, a senior US Army commander said Thursday as a fresh batch of military helicopters arrived in Europe's largest port to bolster ongoing operations.
Rotterdam harbour on Wednesday saw the offloading of some 60 US Army Black Hawk and Chinook troop transport helicopters, belonging to the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade based out of Fort ... more |
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 Leeds UK (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 
Water samples from UK rivers contained significantly higher concentrations of microplastics downstream from wastewater treatment plants, according to one of the first studies to determine potential sources of microplastics pollution.
Scientists from the University of Leeds measured microplastics concentrations up and downstream of six wastewater treatment plants and found that all of the p ... more |
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 Rome (AFP) June 24, 2018  NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday the alliance was prepared to help out in troubled Libya as it grapples with a migrant crisis but warned there were no military solutions.
Speaking to Italian daily La Repubblica, Stoltenberg said: "NATO is ready to help Libya construct its security institutions".
NATO experts were already "in contact with Libya authorities to see how to assist them ... more |
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